Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne Biography

Evan Bourne, Matthew Joseph Korklan was born March 19, 1983 and is currently a professional wrestler contracted with WWE under its RAW brand.Evan Bourne is not Korklan’s only pseudonym – he actually worked under the ring name Matt Sydal before he signed with WWE. Before his WWE career began, Korklan worked on the independent wrestling circuit and wrestled promotionally. He also had a role in the VERY short lived Wrestling Society X.

After his WSX contract expired, Korklan became a free agent, and it was very shortly thereafter that he signed a developmental contract with WWE. He made his developmental debut Oct 10, 2007. In December of that same year, he defeated Mike Kruel to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship. Unfortunately for him, is was announced that the affiliation of OVW and WWE had ceased, so Korklan lost his title to Jay Bradley; he was soon moved to Florida Championship Wrestling and debuted for them March 22, 2008. He quickly defeated his opponent, TJ Wilson and was called onto the main WWE roster soon thereafter.

Under the new moniker Evan Bourne, Korlan made his ECW debut on June 3, 2008. He lost his first match by count out to Shelton Benjamin after being thrown at guest commentator Kofi Kingston. He quickly got his revenge, however. The next week on the show, Bourne was paired with Kingston, and together the tag-team partnership took downBenjamin and his partner Mike Knox. For the following several weeks, Bourne continued to take down his opponents; the shooting star press became his signature finishing move.

Bourne has also shown up on RAW, protecting Rey Mysterio from Kane and then teaming up with Mysterio to take down John Morrison and The Miz the next week. Bourne had the opportunity to compete against Matt Hardy for the ECW Championship at Cyber Sunday, but was taken down by Hardy’s Twist of Fate. Just two days later, Bourne was injured in an ECW match, tearing his deltoid ligament and dislocating his right ankle. While he did not require surgery, Bourne was not cleared to return to the ring. He ended up winning a “Slammy” Award. The category: Best Finishing Maneuver for his shooting star press.

Bourne returned to ECW on March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) 2009, and defeated Jamie Noble that night. He would continue to win major bouts, and would also develop a major feud with opponent Mark Henry. On June 29, 2009 Bourne was traded to RAW, and his debut match was a Gauntlet match against Randy Orton – Bourne was eliminated. The following week, however, Bourne regained his momentum by defeating Kofi Kingston (his former ally and current United States Champion) in a non-title bout.

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne vs Matt Striker - ECW 06.17.2008

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